by David Safier This is part of the continuing saga of Republicans going too far in their efforts to establish their Tea Party/NRA cred in a party where Crazy is the new Normal — or maybe being emboldened by their party's swing to the right to say what they were thinking all along. This time … Read more
by David Safier
The Save Ethnic Studies group just put out a news release objecting to the upcoming audit of TUSD's Mexican American Studies program. Much of the argument against the audit is on legal grounds: interviews with students could violate their rights to privacy under the Family, Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1974; and since MAS teachers and the program director have pending litigation concerning similar issues, the audit sponsored by the ADE will be problematic if it tries to communicate with "a represented party."
These types of issues are way above my pay grade, so I'm including the entire news release after the jump.
by David Safier I'm presenting this without comment or judgement, because I don't know anything about the source, but I find it to be interesting commentary on the Mormon Church, conservative politics and immigration. The writer is Joanna Brooks on the Religion Dispatches Magazine blog. She describes herself as someone who "grew up in a … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Premier of "Precious Knowledge" "Precious Knowledge is the gripping, current-headlines account of Tucson High School students and teachers forming the front line of an epic civil rights battle to save their Mexican American Studies classes." View trailer HERE Thursday, March 24Doors Open at 6:00PMScreening at 7:00PM Fox Theater17 West Congress Street Screening … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conservatives really hate taxes, and they really hate those "intrusive big government" IRS agents even more, but if they can turn those IRS agents into "Abortion Cops" for the anti-abortion jihadists of the Christian Taliban, well hey now, that's a different story! Let's victimize sexual assault and rape victims a second time, this time … Read more